claimed invention based on a combination or modification of a prior art reference. Sri Lanka, as a developing country, should … look at the development that has taken place in other jurisdictions and adapt the patent law to local conditions when …-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and its biotechnology/pharmaceutical policy guidelines. This approach that is …

This paper explores several characteristics of patents in the biotechnology field, comparing and contrasting them to … patents in other fields of research. We find that biotechnology patents face a longer lag between application and grant date … patent, with a special weight on academic or scientific literature, foreign patents, and a tight circle of research fields …

and Biotechnology will be of prime interest to lawyers and patent attorneys, scientists and researchers, business managers … very thought-provoking analysis of patent law and biotechnology and asks a very serious question: can a 19th century patent … biotechnology from micro-organisms, plants, and animals to human genes and stem cells. It makes a unique theoretical contribution to …

This paper explores several characteristics of patents in the biotechnology field, comparing and contrasting them to … patents in other fields of research. We find that biotechnology patents face a longer lag between application and grant date … patent, with a special weight on academic or scientific literature, foreign patents, and a tight circle of research fields …

This article evaluates TRIPS-level patent protection as an incentive mechanism for biotechnology innovation in India …. Recent enhancements to India's patent laws, a new acceptance of biotechnology patents by the Indian judiciary, and an … generating significant biotechnology revenues in India in 2005 and 2006, reveal that they filed only a handful of Indian patent …

snapshot of the biotech industry in India today. It will serve as a baseline for the scenario in future. (Article freely …